13 year old Momiji Nishiya wins inaugural women's skateboarding gold medal

Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday (Jul 26).

Nishiya finished ahead of Brazil's Rayssa Leal - who at 13 years and 203 days could have become the youngest-ever individual Olympic champion - and Japan's Funa Nakayama, 16.

Home favourite Naomi Osaka stepped up her quest for Olympic gold on Monday (Jul 26) as she eased into the third round of the Tokyo Games tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic.

Fiji made a shaky start to the defence of their Olympic men's rugby sevens title on Monday (Jul 26), almost undone by two Fijian exports in the Japan side in the opening round at Tokyo Stadium.

Tries by Fiji-born Lote Tuqiri and Kameli Soejima had sent Japan into a 19-12 lead, with alarm bells ringing that an upset mirroring the hosts' stunning victory over New Zealand in the opening round of the Rio Games was on the cards.

But a late brace of tries by Waisea Nacuqu pushed Fiji back into the lead and an eventual 24-19 victory.